SAMUEL DUAH vs. ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS LTD [2019]DLCA8763

Date	2019-05-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO:H1/16/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8763

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

OSCAR KOFI GYIMAH FOR DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA8763
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAMUEL DUAH<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS LTD<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
 OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 CIVIL APPEAL NO:H1/16/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 28TH &nbsp;MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 OSCAR KOFI GYIMAH FOR
 DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT/RESPONDENT<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
 mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
 mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 OWUSU J.A.
 (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A., WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:
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 </div>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU,
J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 18th December, 2014, the
High Court, Kumasi, gave judgment for plaintiff against defendant.<o:p></o:p>In his judgment, the trial Judge held
among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“The conduct of Ocran and
the team left much to be desired and I am inclined to reason that the action
against the plaintiff was orchestrated and arranged to implicate him so as to
get rid of him from defendant company.&nbsp;
For these reasons I am opined that the Committee that investigated the
allegation against him did not appreciate fully the nature of the evidence
available to it when it recommended the dismissal of the plaintiff for stealing
when evidence did not establish beyond reasonable doubt that he stole the gold
product allegedly found in his jacket retrieved from kiosk close to the barrier
he manned.<o:p></o:p>I however agree with counsel
for the defendant that the Committee did not breach any of the rules of natural
justice as by the evidence of plaintiff, he was given the opportunity to be
heard in his case and to cross-examine witnesses who appeared and testified
against him.<o:p></o:p>In these circumstances, I do
hold that the dismissal of plaintiff was unlawful.&nbsp; Having declared his dismissal unlawful, I
will now turn to the two reliefs he sought.